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Newspaper chain plans 'state-by-state' concealed weapon databases
foxnews ^ | 01/24/14 | Joshua Rhett Miller

Posted on 01/24/2014 10:08:28 AM PST by Doogle

A national newspaper chain with nearly 100 publications and 1.6 million readers is considering building “state-by-state databases” on concealed weapons permit holders, according to an internal e-mail.

The plan, laid out in an email from a top editor at North Carolina-based Civitas Media, could be similar to a controversial project a New York state newspaper carried out in 2012 which included an online map that identified gun owners in two counties by name and address. Civitas' database project was detailed the plan in a Jan. 19 e-mail to newsrooms in 11 states, including Ohio, Illinois and Pennsylvania.

The newest project "examines the explosion of ‘conceal and carry’ gun permits across the U.S.,” wrote Jim Lawitz, Civitas’ director of content, in an e-mail first obtained by the Buckeye Firearms Association. “Through public records act requests, we will attempt to build state-by-state databases that list those who have the right to carry a concealed weapon.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: again; banglist; ccwdatabase; ccwpermits; civitasmedia; concealed; concealedweapons; privacy
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To: Doogle
detailed the plan in a Jan. 19 e-mail to newsrooms in 11 states, including Ohio, Illinois and Pennsylvania.

I wonder if they were stupid enough to ask Florida....? I'd love to read the response from FL to them. Something maybe like:

"Hello, we're known as the Sunshine State, but you can stick this request where the sun NEVER shines...."

61 posted on 01/24/2014 12:53:09 PM PST by ExSoldier (Stand up and be counted... OR LINE UP AND BE NUMBERED...)
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To: Doogle

Here they are:

http://civitasmedia.com/section/about-us


62 posted on 01/24/2014 12:55:37 PM PST by Dick Bachert (Ignorance is NOT BLISS. It is the ROAD TO SERFDOM! We're on a ROAD TRIP!!)
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To: Doogle

Good, let them try to put my name up there.. I have an amazing ability to track down people online, and trust me, the instant I see my name and address in their paper, not a single person who works for that paper will go without having name, address, phone numbers, and various other sites exposed.

They want war? Lets give it to them. Amazing the stuff you can uncover online about people..


63 posted on 01/24/2014 1:11:48 PM PST by eXe (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Doogle
Here's a response to an email I sent to Michael C. Bush, the CEO, posted with his permission:

Civitas Media never had any plans or intentions of publishing in
print or online lists of holders of "conceal and carry" permits. 
Nor will Civitas Media develop databases of permit holders.  A
poorly crafted internal memo meant to highlight editorial
discussions and planning incorrectly indicated that such a database
was being planned; it has been considered and rejected.

Thanks for the info, Michael

Michael C. Bush
President and CEO

130 Harbour Place Drive; Suite 300, Davidson, NC 28036
(704) 897-6020

64 posted on 01/24/2014 1:17:18 PM PST by William Tell
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To: Doogle

Just fired off this email to Sr. Bush. Why don’t we see if we can melt down their email server?

Mr. Bush, The proposal to publish a CCW database state by state is a really bad idea. You might want to have a chat with Jim Lawitz about it before it goes much further.
Have a nice day.
Dick Bachert
Citizen and Vietnam era vet.
(For those on my rather voluminous email BCC list, here’s a link to the situation referenced in this email. You might also wish to send Mr. Bush, CEO of Civitas Media an email as well.)
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/01/24/newspaper-chain-seeks-to-build-state-by-state-concealed-weapon-databases/


65 posted on 01/24/2014 1:18:43 PM PST by Dick Bachert (Ignorance is NOT BLISS. It is the ROAD TO SERFDOM! We're on a ROAD TRIP!!)
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To: usconservative

Create an app that users can log anti-gun crowd residences on a user friendly map


66 posted on 01/24/2014 1:26:29 PM PST by woollyone ("The heart is deceptive above all things and beyond cure...who can understand it?")
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To: Doogle

Just received the following from Civitas:
A bad idea indeed.

Civitas Media never had any plans or intentions of publishing in print or online lists of holders of “conceal and carry” permits. Nor will Civitas Media develop databases of permit holders. A poorly crafted internal memo meant to highlight editorial discussions and planning incorrectly indicated that such a database was being planned; it has been considered and rejected.

Michael C. Bush

President and CEO


67 posted on 01/24/2014 1:38:50 PM PST by Dick Bachert (Ignorance is NOT BLISS. It is the ROAD TO SERFDOM! We're on a ROAD TRIP!!)
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To: Dick Bachert
The fact that they even considered it is enough reason to publish their names, phone#'s and address' IMO...
68 posted on 01/24/2014 1:41:02 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Doogle

Someone should create a state by state database of the names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of all idiots working for newspapers.


69 posted on 01/24/2014 1:44:36 PM PST by Fledermaus (If we here in TN can't get rid of the worthless Lamar, it's over.)
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To: Fledermaus

The Civitas web page identifies all the newspapers and where they’re located.


70 posted on 01/24/2014 2:21:48 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks ("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
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To: Doogle

This is great news. It’s the next step toward Constitutional-carry.


71 posted on 01/24/2014 2:32:12 PM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Doogle
i have signed paperwork NOT to let my info be disclosed, so my name and address are protected by state law... if they violate my privacy i will sue them and whoever leaked my information for all they are worth.
72 posted on 01/24/2014 2:51:36 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Kackikat
they all need to have their name, picture, address and phone number posted far and wide and see if they like the attention they get...
73 posted on 01/24/2014 2:54:44 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Chode

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3115349/posts


74 posted on 01/24/2014 2:57:43 PM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Doogle

The problem has been solve.....I think
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3115349/posts


75 posted on 01/24/2014 6:58:17 PM PST by doug from upland (Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)
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To: doug from upland

...for now..*smiles*


76 posted on 01/24/2014 7:38:22 PM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Drumbo; Doogle

Precisely why I have not bothered asking my government betters’ permission to carry.


77 posted on 01/25/2014 3:29:57 AM PST by Titan Magroyne (What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.)
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To: Doogle

This is one of the MANY reasons to NOT get a CCW permit! Permits are REGISTRATION!
You all just saw how hackers stole credit card numbers from Target customers. If there is any information as to your status as a gun owner/carrier it will be made available one way or the other much to your detriment.


78 posted on 01/25/2014 3:28:18 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (Vote Democrat. Once you're OK with killing babies the rest is easy. <BCC><)
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